Undergrad Institution: Big State Research University
Major(s): Biology and Math Minor(s): Overall GPA: 3.67 Type of Student: Domestic female GRE Scores (revised/old version): Q: 161 V: 162 W: 4.5 Research Experience: So far I have had one summer internship in a physiology lab, two years in a lab that studies signal transduction in oncology. Right now I am a technician in an academic virology lab for the past year.
Co-author on two papers, and first author on one in submission Awards/Honors/Recognitions: Dean's list for a couple of semesters, but that's pretty much it
Special Bonus Points: PI at current lab is a NAS member and professor at a school I am applying to
I am interested in developmental biology, probably along the lines of establishment of cell polarity/axis formation or morphogenesis
Applying to Where: Definitely needs to be cut down
Harvard- BBS
UChicago- DRSB
UPenn.- CAMB
UCLA.- ACCESS
Michigan- PIBS
WUSTL- DBBS
Wisconsin- CMB
Yale- BBS
I am also interested in Weill Cornell or Sloan Kettering because many of the labs I want to join are listed under both programs. How do you decide which program to apply to? Or do you just apply to both?